Johnson Lonnie-(2CDS)- Four Classic Albums

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Born into a large musical family in New Orleans, Lonnie Johnson was always much more than just the bluesman that he became known as during his long and intermittent career. He began learning to play music from a very young age tackling and mastering the piano, guitar, violin and mandolin and quickly finding his place in the family musical unit. By his early teens Lonnie was primarily playing guitar and violin in his father’s band and by 1917 he joined a revue that toured England. During these early years he was probably playing as much jazz as blues but after winning a blues competition in 1925 he was signed to the Okeh Records label and this pretty much sealed his fate as a blues player. His career echoed that of many of the classic bluesman of the early twentieth century in that he achieved much success in the early days only to be forgotten in the later days of the 1940’s and 1950’s having to make his living with whatever menial jobs he could get. Then miraculously he was discovered again during the blues boom of the 1960’s from which these four selections come from.

CD1

Blues By Lonnie Johnson

1. Don’t Ever Love

2. No Love For Sale

3. There’s No Love

4. I Don’t Hurt Anymore

5. She Devil

6. One Sided Love Affair

7. Big Leg Woman

8. There Must Be A Way

9. She’s Drunk Again

10. Blues ‘Round My Door

11. You Don’t Move Me

12. You Will Need Me

Idle Hours

13. Darling I Miss You So

14. Long Time Blues

15. You Are My Life

16. Oh Yes Baby

17. Please Baby

18. Leave Me Or Love Me

19. Idle Hours

20. You Have No Love In Your Heart

21. Good Luck Darlin’

22. No More Cryin’

23. I Got The Blues So Bad

24. End It All

CD2

Blues And Ballads

1. Haunted House

2. Memories Of You

3. Blues For Chris

4. I Found A Dream

5. St. Louis Blues

6. I’ll Get Along Somehow

7. Savoy Blues

8. Back Water Blues

9. Elmer’s Blues

10. Jelly Roll Baker

Losing Game

11. New Orleans Blues

12. My Little Kitten Susie

13. Evil Woman

14. What A Difference A Day Makes

15. Moaning Blues

16. Summertime

17. Lines In My Face

18. Losing Game

19. New Year’s Blues

20. Slow And Easy

21. Four Walls And Me

22. You Won’t Let Me Go